-- Matthew Bafford has joined PlanGraphics' Maryland office as a GIS
programmer/analyst. He is an experienced programmer of desktop GIS
applications. Bafford previously worked for Geographic Information
Services, Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.), as a software developer/GIS technician.
He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from the
University of South Carolina.
-- Kelly Charak has joined the company's Maryland office as a geospatial
analyst. She comes to PlanGraphics from Environmental Research, Inc.
(Linden, Va.), where she was a remote sensing specialist. She has a
bachelor's degree in geography from the University of South Florida.
-- Roger Keith Cottrell, Jr. has joined the company's Kentucky office as
a senior systems analyst. He has more than 11 years of GIS experience, with
strengths in the design and management of custom desktop and Web GIS
application projects. Cottrell comes to PlanGraphics from Bechtel Savannah
River, Inc. (Aiken, S.C.), where he was a senior engineer. Cottrell holds a
master's degree in geography from West Virginia University and a bachelor's
degree magna cum laude from the same institution. He also has a graduate
certificate in project management from the University of Wisconsin at
Platteville. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

PlanGraphics, founded in 1979, is a full life-cycle systems integration and
implementation firm providing a broad range of services in the design and
implementation of information technology in the public and commercial
sectors. PlanGraphics' experience with spatial information systems and
e-services capabilities provides a critical discriminator among other IT
consulting and integration firms. PlanGraphics has headquarters in
Frankfort, Ky., and regional offices in Maryland, Colorado and New York. On
the Web:
www.plangraphics.com.